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Upon completion of the dam, 775 acres of land were flooded and five small lakes around the area of the soon to be mill became one giant lake. The resulting body of water was given the name Manitou and almost immediately, a monster by the name of Meshekenabek took up residence within it.

First documented by Charles E. Brown (founder of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society and museum director at the State Historical Society.) in his 1942 pamphlet on Wisconsin Sea Serpents entitled, “Sea Serpents: Wisconsin Occurrences of these Weird Water Monsters in the Four Lakes, Rock, Red Cedar, Koshkonong, Geneva, Elkhart, Michigan, and Other Lakes”, the Lake Waubesa Monster is said to have made its first “official” appearance in the early 1920’s.

For nearly 136 years, since the first lake monster sighting in 1882 until now, people have continued to see unknown creatures within bodies of water throughout the badger state. It was once even said that there has been a monster sighted in almost every lake and river throughout the entire state. That’s a lot of history for a type of creature thought not to exist.